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A review by tita_noir
White Lies by Linda Howard
3.0
This book was simultaneously interesting and cracked me up.
So it went something like this:
Jay was married to Steve for years but they've been divorced for long time and she hasn't heard from him since. So the FBI knocks on her door one day and says 'come identify this guy, we think he might be your ex or he might be our agent we can't tell.'
Jay is all "Sure."
So she looks at a guy who is in a coma in a hospital bed with limbs in a cast, tubes going in and out, no fingerprints (they were burned), his head wrapped and what parts of his face she can she is looking not-quite-like her ex's.
Jay is all "Yeah, I dunno...."
FBI is all "I know you can't see them cuz they are all wrapped up and shit, but he's got brown eyes. Your husband had brown eyes."
Jay is all "Sure, if you say so, then yeah, that's Steve."
So Jay hangs out for, like weeks, waiting for MaybeNot!Steve to wake up. And falls in love with him while he was sleeping. (Hey that's a good name for a movie, write it down!)
Finally! MaybeNot!Steve wakes up and he totally fell in love with Jay during his coma!! and is so happy except....
MayNot!Steve is all "Ermm...Uhhh.... I don't remember anything...? So I am this Steve guy for reelz?"
Jay is all "Yeah, I dunno....your voice sounds different but...."
FBI guy is all "Dude, you're Steve."
Jay is all (Kanye Shrug) "Yeah, you're my guy."
So they take off the bandages and ......
I won't reveal what happens next. Suffice it to say we get spy vs. spy hijinks, love, betrayal, secrets, lies and we finally find out if this guy is Steve or not?
It was a fun and good read and I like that old Howard magic. But I had to laugh at Jay's half-assed "identification". But that had to happen for the story to work the way it needed to.
So it went something like this:
Jay was married to Steve for years but they've been divorced for long time and she hasn't heard from him since. So the FBI knocks on her door one day and says 'come identify this guy, we think he might be your ex or he might be our agent we can't tell.'
Jay is all "Sure."
So she looks at a guy who is in a coma in a hospital bed with limbs in a cast, tubes going in and out, no fingerprints (they were burned), his head wrapped and what parts of his face she can she is looking not-quite-like her ex's.
Jay is all "Yeah, I dunno...."
FBI is all "I know you can't see them cuz they are all wrapped up and shit, but he's got brown eyes. Your husband had brown eyes."
Jay is all "Sure, if you say so, then yeah, that's Steve."
So Jay hangs out for, like weeks, waiting for MaybeNot!Steve to wake up. And falls in love with him while he was sleeping. (Hey that's a good name for a movie, write it down!)
Finally! MaybeNot!Steve wakes up and he totally fell in love with Jay during his coma!! and is so happy except....
MayNot!Steve is all "Ermm...Uhhh.... I don't remember anything...? So I am this Steve guy for reelz?"
Jay is all "Yeah, I dunno....your voice sounds different but...."
FBI guy is all "Dude, you're Steve."
Jay is all (Kanye Shrug) "Yeah, you're my guy."
So they take off the bandages and ......
I won't reveal what happens next. Suffice it to say we get spy vs. spy hijinks, love, betrayal, secrets, lies and we finally find out if this guy is Steve or not?
It was a fun and good read and I like that old Howard magic. But I had to laugh at Jay's half-assed "identification". But that had to happen for the story to work the way it needed to.